POMEGRANATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pomegranate mean? 

• POMEGRANATE (noun)
  The noun POMEGRANATE has 2 senses:

1. shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit

2. large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind

  Familiarity information: POMEGRANATE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POMEGRANATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pomegranate; pomegranate tree; Punica granatum

Hypernyms ("pomegranate" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "pomegranate"):

pomegranate (large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind)

Holonyms ("pomegranate" is a member of...):

genus Punica; Punica (coextensive with the family Punicaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pomegranate" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("pomegranate" is a part of...):

pomegranate; pomegranate tree; Punica granatum (shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit)

 Context examples 

“By my hilt, yes!” muttered Aylward; “she is yellow as a kite's claw, and would carry as many men as there are pips in a pomegranate.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

While I walked under the dripping orange-trees of my wet garden, and amongst its drenched pomegranates and pine-apples, and while the refulgent dawn of the tropics kindled round me—I reasoned thus, Jane—and now listen; for it was true Wisdom that consoled me in that hour, and showed me the right path to follow.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)